Special Education
In December 2010, the district administration reported that 45 pupils or 8% of the district's pupils received Special Education services. Of the identified students 62% had a specific learning disability. The school uses the services of the Beaver Valley IU 27 to meet the needs of its students that have an IEP - Individual Education Plan.
In accordance with state and federal regulations, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School established and implemented procedures to locate, identify and evaluate school age students suspected of being eligbile for special education services. These procedures include, but are not limited to: review of records, various modes of screening (reading and math screenings are completed the first week of school), and/or recommendation of teacher and/or parent. There is currently in place a referral system for students who may be in need of assistance. Instructional strategies are updated and revised as needed for individual student needs. Teachers attend trainings to ensure that strategies employed address the individual needs of the student in special education. Strategies used for the special education student are dependent upon the needs reflected in the IEP.
Funding for special education students comes from the respective student's home school district which is required to pay all the state and federal subsidies it receives for the student to the charter school.
The school uses Response to Intervention (RTI) methodology combined with differentiated instruction in the classroom is designed to help students with different learning styles and needs. Title I interventions are provided for reading and mathematics. Students are administered a benchmark mathematics test. Those that do not meet the proficiency level are placed in a comprehensive math program designed to target their areas of weakness.
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